The AZSessions 3rd birthday party is going to 15 January, so can we officially schedule the Pantswarming for the 22nd? I'm taking that mask-making class on Saturdays in January, but I'll be done at like 2.

Wow. Our possible landlord-to-be is *insane*. He's like...I can't even describe it. Zippy saw a little of it, I think, but dealing with this man on the phone is like talking to an entire classroom full of four-year-olds with severe ADHD. It's a screaming riot. The guy is great.

The phone rings today, my boss gets it. 'Yes, yes she's working. One moment.' Hands the phone to me. 'Oh, so now you've got someone screening your calls for you? What is this? Who are you trying to avoid? This is Bruce, by the way.'

Yeah, I know. So he misunderstood the original plan - he thought you guys would still be able to move in, and wanted to work a deal. I explained that it was only going to be the two of us for December originally and since I now have to pay rent for December in my apartment, we can't move in until January 1.

I said that I appreciated his working on it. He said he knows he's a treasure (modest, too!) and will 'keep working on it.' I told him that we like him and we like the house, so if there's anything we can do, let us know. He told me he'd call me back, exhorted me to work and help fund his $30,000 in property taxes, and rang off.

Then the phone rang. I answered it. 'Hi Mariah, this is Bruce again. I just hit redial on my phone.'

He said he likes us. I told him we like him, too, and that he and his house are equally wonderful.

I told him that we like the house and would be willing to put down the deposit now but couldn't pay any rent until January, and that if he finds someone else in the meantime, we would certainly understand. He said he likes us and is working on a plan. I'm not sure what that means. But. The orange house isn't definitely lost.
Nov. 16th, 2004 @ 02:07 pm

Well, kids, we've got a community to share information in. How sweet. Really, we're very sweet.

The search for a home, like the search for a lover, can be grueling and you often have to look at a lot of poorly built models, models which will take all of your time to maintain and fix up, models which will cramp your space, models which are too big to be satisfied with just you. I'm glad that with the house search, unlike the lover search, I am not alone. Thanks, you guys, for being people I want to have as roommates. You do realize, yes, that you two of four people to whom this statement can be applied and I haven't yet found the fourth?